Big Ten Divisions: How do they work?

Unfortunately, there's no obvious winner. Geography is going to be hewed to fairly closely if only because the serious rivalries in the league are based on it. So the Big Ten faces a choice between throwing three of its four-ish (three and a half, really) glamor teams in the same division, creating an unbalanced split of the top six programs, or disrupting some of the league's most treasured rivalries. Or I guess they could go with the last option if they want to do two of the three.

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